Zlatan Ibrahimovic's hat trick gave Manchester United a 3-0 win against St Etienne in a Europa League round of 32 first-leg clash at Old Trafford on Thursday.

Ibrahimovic opened the scoring in unusual circumstances after 15 minutes when his free kick struck the St Etienne wall and deflected towards goal leaving St Etienne goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier wrong-footed and stranded before crawling over the line.

He added an important second in the 74th minute as substitute Marcus Rashford squared from...

Manchester United have appointed Radoslaw Kucharski from Legia Warsaw as a scout to search for talent in Central and Eastern Europe.

Kucharski was the Polish club's director of scouting and is the latest addition in the reorganisation of United's recruitment process. The Pole is credited with bringing through defender Krystian Bielik, 19, who Arsenal signed from Legia in January 2015 and made captain of their FA Youth Cup team.